Solar energy projects; national standards.
Summary
Solar energy projects; national standards. Authorizesa locality to include in its zoning ordinance provisions to incorporategenerally accepted national standards for the use of solar panelsand battery technologies for solar photovoltaic (electric energy)projects. The bill contains an enactment clause that applies suchgenerally accepted national standards to any such projects in theCommonwealth, notwithstanding any other provision of law, generalor special.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 8, 2020
Signed Mar 23, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Feb 6, 2020 · House of Delegates Feb 26, 2020
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 6, 2020
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
31
Key actions
3
Committee
10
Mar 23, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 402 (effective 7/1/20)
Feb 26, 2020
House of Delegates · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
Feb 21, 2020
House of Delegates · Reported by committee
Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N)
Feb 20, 2020
House of Delegates · Reported by committee
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
Feb 18, 2020
House of Delegates · Referred to committee
Assigned CC & T sub: Land Use
Feb 18, 2020
House of Delegates · Referred to committee
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
Feb 6, 2020
Senate · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
Feb 5, 2020
Senate · Reported by committee
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB875S1
Feb 5, 2020
Senate · Reported by committee
Committee substitute agreed to 20107535D-S1
Feb 3, 2020
Senate · Reported by committee
Reported from Local Government with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
Jan 20, 2020
Senate · Referred to committee
Rereferred to Local Government
Jan 20, 2020
Senate · Referred to committee
Rereferred from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
Jan 8, 2020
Senate · Referred to committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
Jan 8, 2020
Senate · Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102705D
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Dave Marsden
DDemocratic
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